Deflector



y 1961 L. M. LENNEMANN 2,984,409

' DEFLECTOR Filed April 7, 1959 FIG. I FIG. 2

INVENTOR United States Patent DEFLECTOR Leona M. Lenneni'ann, 2115 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,

Washington, 'D.C.

The present invention generally relates to a shield or deflector and a novel structure for adjustably mounting the device in the desired position for effectively deflecting or shielding.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a deflector or shield generally in the form of a panel disposed in the path of movement of fluids, solids, light beams, air or the like for deflecting or shielding a person or article.

A further object is to provide a deflector which may be square, rectangular, round, concave or convex, depending on the use to which it is to be put.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed incorporates a panel disposed forwardly of an electric air fan for deflecting the flow of air from the fan with a novel structure supporting the panel adjustably from the rigid wire guard normally appearing in enclosing relation to the rotatable fan blade.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a deflector for air fans, air conditioners, air discharge registers, water sprinklers, water spray nozzles, light bulbs and any similar devices, which is easily installed, easy to adjust, simple in construction, effective in operation, long lasting and durable, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a deflector or shield in accordance with the preceding objects which incorporates structure enabling it to be supported from different sizes of supports thereby providing a highly utilitarian device.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts thereof, as will fully appear by a perusal of the description below and by zarigus specific features which will be hereinafter set To the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention as will become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed and more fully described and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of a fan with the deflector of the present invention mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the construction of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the construction of Figure 1 illustrating an adjusted position in dotted line; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of a curved panel.

In the above mentioned drawings annexed hereto and forming a part of this specification, I have shown but one embodiment of my invention which is deemed preferable, but it is to be understood that changes and modifications ICC may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring now to the different drawings more in detail, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures and referring more particularly to the preferred form of my invention selected for illustrative purposes, the numeral 10 generally designates the deflector or shield of the present invention mounted on a conventional electric fan 12 including a base 14, motor 16, fan blade 18 and wire guard 20 enclosing the blade 18 which protects the blade 18 from contacting foreign objects and alsoprotects persons from accidentally engaging the fan blade when it is rotating.

The deflector 10 includes a substantially square panel 22 disposed in front of the guard 20 and supported by a pair of wire brackets 24 each of which is formed in a serpentine or zig-zag structure as shown in Figure 2.

The panel 22 is provided with two sets of horizontally spaced and aligned apertures 26 for receiving the wire rod-like brackets 24 which have the undulations 28 disposed in a vertical plane. The weight of the panel 22 will cause the upper edge of the apertures to be sup ported between the ridges of the zigzag brackets 24. The spaced relation of the apertures 26 enables the panel to be used with different sized fans and also enables the panel 22 to be disposed in angular relation to the face of the fan blade and wire guard 20 for deflecting the major part of the air moved by the blade in a lateral direction towards the side edge of the panel 22 remote from the guard 20.

The Wire rod brackets 24 are secured to the guard 20 by eye members 30 wrapped around the wire members of the fan guard 20 or may be detachably connected thereto by spring clips or clamps such as by use of the well known scissors clamp.

The wire-rod brackets 24 slide through the apertures 26 for orientating the panel in any desired angular relation to the fan.

Figure 4 illustrates a modified form of the invention generally designated by numeral 32 which includes a curved panel 34 having apertures 26 arranged therein similar to panel 22. In this form of the invention, the panel 34 is circular in configuration and generally dishshaped.

The present invention is also adaptable to light shades for deflecting the light more into one part of a room than another or the deflector or shield may be slanted toward a person who is reading.

The invention also can be used in a water sprinkling system for deflecting the water towards a particular area of the lawn thus eliminating undesirable sprinkling of certain flowers, shrubs or the like.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thus provided a device of the eharacter described possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions, detail construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural features, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific features shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosed comprise the preferred form of several modes of putting the invention into effect, and the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appended claims. t

3 ".I'elaim:

1. A deflecting panel for attachment to an air fan having a wire rod guard, means adjustably mounting the panel on the guard in the path of fiow of air, said means including a plurality of apertures, and a pair of zig-zag wire rod brackets secured'to the guard andslidably disposed in a pair of said apertures in said deflecting panel for retaining the, panel in adjusted angular'relation to the flow of air.

.2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said panel is rigid, square and planar in configuration.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said panel is rigid, circular and curved in configuration.

4.A structure as set forth in claim 1 said pair of zig-zag brackets attached together at their ends remote 15 from said guard.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Skerritt June 10, 

